Federal FIle: Checks and imbalances

Two members of the Education and Labor Committee and two members of the appropriations subcommittee that oversees education spending are among the 24 Congressmen who have bounced the most checks at the House bank.

At least two of those Representatives, all of whom are Democrats, will not be returning next year. Representative Carl C. Perkins of Kentucky, who bounced 514 checks, previously announced he would not run for re-election. Representative Charles A. Hayes of Illinois, who wrote 716 bad checks, was defeated in a primary election last week. Both sit on the...